Garage-door holder



May 8. 1928.

P. TISHKEN GARAGE DOOR HOLDER Filed June 5. 1925 I. ll llll l I 1 3 II] .II I

Pa/Z 72321222 Q indicated at A transversely tothe base A and in spaced relation to receive a pivot pm- Patented May 8 1928.

[UNITED- STAT PAUL manner. or nl 'rnoir, nroniean.

GARAGE-DOOR HOLDE Application filed June 5,

This invention relates to door holders and relates particularly to devices for holding garage doors or other hinged closures in open or partially open position. I i

It is an object of the invention to provide a door holder compri j a brace member pivotally mounted at one endupon a door and inclining; downwardlyfrom the door in use, the other endfof said member being engageable with a surface above which.

the door swings, and to provide upon said door a supporting bracket for said brace member coacting with said member to hold the latter in an upwardly projecting stored position against the door, when desired.

Another object is to provide an improved construct-ion of a two-part bracket for supporting a pivotal door brace or other member.

These and various other objects the invention attainsby the construction hereinafter described and illustrated in the accoi'npany ins drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a View in side elevation showing in full lines the posit-ion ofuse of the door holder. and in dash lines the stored position thereof.

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same partially in section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

i Fig. 3 is a front view of the supporting bracket.

In these views the designates a door and A and A designate two members forming a bracket mounted upon said door. The base of said bracket is formed by the member A and the member A has its midportion embracing the mid portion of the base A being thus held in unitary engagement with said base, the extremities of said member A? projecting as B mounting a brace bar C. Preferably the midportion of the base A is offset slightly from the end portions thereof so that the bracket member A in embracing said mid portion is restrained from' any movement.

lengthwise of said base. The pivotal end of the bar 0 is longitudinally slotted as indicated at D to engage the pivot pin B and the other end of said bar is pointed as indicated at C to dig into the ground or other surface above whichthe door A is adapted to swing.

The corners of the bar C at its pivotal end are rounded as ind cated at C so that said corners may readlly clear the base. memreference character A u j 7 her A as the bar is being swung froinits position of use to its stored position or vice versa. In the stored positionof said bar, the latter drops of its own weight so far as is permitted by the lengthof the slot 1), thus assuming the dash. line position shown in Fig. 1 and in this position contactof the lower end of the bar with the base member A restrains the bar from swinging on its pivot pin. To establish the position of use of said bar, it is necessary only to lift the bar slightly so as to engage the pivot pin in the lower end of the slot D, it then being Serial No. 35,052.

pivot;

In order that said bar may swing freely on the pin B, when engaged in the end of the slot D remote from the point C of the bar, it is desirable to form said slot as Fig. 1 clearly shows adjacent to that edge of the bar which is uncermost in the inclined position of use of the bar.

It is a feature of the described two-part bracket that the parts thereof are formed fromduplicatev stampings and that said parts are secured one to the other without fastenings other than the pivot pin B. These st-ampings may be produced from strap metal with no waste or from scrap material that would otherwise be wasted. The

two part construction furthermore lends itself to the establishment of a spaced relation between the members A such as will prohibit side play of the bar C between said ends. The two part construction further permits theuse of far simpler and less costly stamping diesthan would be necessary for production of a similar one-piecebracket. What I claim isi I 19A. bracket comprising a pair of duplioate stampings, one having an intermediate portion offset slightly from the plane of its end portions and the other having its .mid portion embracing the offset portion of the first mentioned member and having its end pivot member connecting said spacedv ends and retaining the second mentioned sta1npmg in the described engagement with the first inentloned stamping.

3. A bracket comprising a pair of sheet ,4. A bracket comprising twostamped sheet metal members one transversely extending beneath the other and bent to form portions extending toward each other above the other, and further bent to form bearing portions projecting upwardly from the other in spaced relation, and further comprising a bearing member connecting said upstanding 24) hearing portions.

In testnnony Whereol I sign this spcc1hcation.

PAUL TISI-IKEN. 

